entity · sys_lba_international
Late Bronze Age International System
Interlocking diplomatic, political, maritime and commodity networks linking major states and smaller polities.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: not recorded. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
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Chronology
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1600 BCE–1200 BCE
Precision: not specified
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Properties and assignments
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Late Bronze Age
A broad archaeological and historical period whose local boundaries vary, here used primarily for the later second millennium BCE.
Why does this record have this property?
The international diplomatic and exchange system was a defining structure of the Late Bronze Age.
Eastern Mediterranean
The interconnected Aegean, Anatolian, Cypriot, Levantine, and Egyptian maritime zone.
Why does this record have this property?
The system's most densely documented interactions linked the Aegean, Anatolia, Cyprus, Levant, Egypt, and Mesopotamia.
Systemic Network Vulnerability
Dependence on interlinked political, resource, and exchange systems that may transmit or amplify disruption.
Why does this record have this property?
Interdependence could transmit disruption, although the scale and direction of specific cascades require separate testing.
Evidence and sources
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Crisis in Context: The End of the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean — A. Bernard Knapp, Sturt W. Manning (2016)Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Late Bronze Age International System.
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Bronze Age Weight Systems as a Measure of Market Integration in Western Eurasia — Nicola Ialongo, Raphael Hermann, Lorenz Rahmstorf (2021)Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Late Bronze Age International System.
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The Uluburun Shipwreck: An Overview — Cemal Pulak (1998)Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Late Bronze Age International System.